San Carlo al Corso is a neo-classic church in the center of Milan. The church is managed by the

Servite Order The Servite Order, officially known as the Order of Servants of Mary ( la, Ordo Servorum Beatae Mariae Virginis; abbreviation: OSM), is one of the five original Catholic mendicant orders. It includes several branches of friars (priests and brothe ...

. The church facade was designed in 1844 by

Carlo Amati Carlo Amati (22 August 1776 – 23 March 1852) was an Italian architect. Biography Born in Monza, Amati studied under Giuseppe Parini and Leopoldo Pollack in the Accademia di Brera. Amati became an assistant to the brothers Albertolli, Giocondo ...

and was finished in 1847.''The Architecture of Modern Italy, Volume I: The Challenge of Tradition 1750–1900'' by Terry Kirk 2005 page 153 It then served as a model for the Chiesa Rotonda in

San Bernardino, Switzerland San Bernardino is a mountainous village in the canton of Grisons in Switzerland. It is the southern entry point to the San Bernardino tunnel, which complemented the road over the San Bernardino Pass in 1967, opening a new all-year-round road to ...

, 1867. The complex was built to replace Convent of the

Servite The Servite Order, officially known as the Order of Servants of Mary ( la, Ordo Servorum Beatae Mariae Virginis; abbreviation: OSM), is one of the five original Catholic mendicant orders. It includes several branches of friars (priests and brothe ...

founded as early as 1290 and later was suppressed in 1799. The new church was built in thanks for the ending a cholera epidemic, and dedicated to

Saint Charles Borromeo Charles Borromeo ( it, Carlo Borromeo; la, Carolus Borromeus; 2 October 1538 – 3 November 1584) was the Archbishop of Milan from 1564 to 1584 and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was a leading figure of the Counter-Reformation combat a ...

who was the Bishop of Milan during the time of the bubonic plague in Milan during the 16th century.

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